Interpretation of the 13C-urea breath test in the choice of second- and third-line eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection.

Background: The urea breath test (UBT) is one of the most accurate methods of assessing Helicobacter pylori status. The predictive value of the test is, however, uncertain. This study was a serial, prospective analysis of the change over time of UBT values after first-, second- and third-line treatm...

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Publicado en:Journal of Gastroenterology Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 108 - 115
Autores principales: Buzás GM, Széles I, Buzás, György M, Széles, Ilona
Formato: clinical trial research Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature 2008
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          Buzás GM
          Széles I
          Buzás, György M
          Széles, Ilona
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          Breath Tests
          Helicobacter Infections Diagnosis
          Helicobacter Infections Drug Therapy
          Helicobacter Pylori
          Adenosine Triphosphatase Antagonists and Inhibitors
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          Antiinfective Agents Therapeutic Use
          Clarithromycin Therapeutic Use
          Clinical Trials
          Crossover Design
          Drug Therapy, Combination
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          Male
          Metals Therapeutic Use
          Metronidazole Therapeutic Use
          Middle Age
          Ranitidine Analogs and Derivatives
          Ranitidine Therapeutic Use
          Sulfur Compounds Therapeutic Use
          Urea Analysis
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      ab: Background: The urea breath test (UBT) is one of the most accurate methods of assessing Helicobacter pylori status. The predictive value of the test is, however, uncertain. This study was a serial, prospective analysis of the change over time of UBT values after first-, second- and third-line treatments of patients with failed eradication therapy.Methods: One hundred thirty-four duodenal ulcer patients with persisting H. pylori infection after first-line triple therapy were enrolled in a cross-over manner to receive either pantoprazole (40 mg twice daily), amoxicillin (1000 mg twice daily), and clarithromycin (500 mg) or ranitidine bismuth citrate (400 mg twice daily), metronidazole (250 mg twice daily), and clarithromycin (500 mg twice daily) for 7 days. Forty-one patients with failed second-line treatment were randomized to receive third-line quadruple therapies with pantoprazole + amoxicillin and tetracycline (500 mg four times daily) and either nitrofurantoin (100 mg three times daily) or bismuth subsalicylate (120 mg four times daily). Breath tests were performed 6 weeks after therapy. The delta(13)CO(2) values ( per thousand) after primary, secondary, and tertiary treatment were analyzed, and the correlation between pretreatment values and the rate of H. pylori eradication was assessed.Results: In patients with successful second-line treatment, UBT values decreased from 12.4 per thousand [confidence interval (CI), 9.7-15.7)] to 2.8 per thousand (CI, 0.9-2.5) (P=0.001), and in those with persistent infection, they increased from 13.2 per thousand (CI, 7.3-19.1) to 19.2 per thousand (CI, 13.4-25.0) (P=0.03). After a failed quadruple regimen, UBT values increased from 19.3 per thousand (CI, 16.2-22.4) to 25.8 per thousand (CI, 19.8-312.8) (P=0.03). The correlation between the pretreatment UBT values and the rate of eradication was negative for both second- and third-line therapies.Conclusions: Serial assessment showed that UBT values after successive treatments showed a marked tendency to increase over time in failed cases. The significance of this phenomenon must be further studied. It might indicate increased colonization, ongoing resistance, or urease gene overexpression. Higher pretreatment UBT values were associated with lower (<60%) eradication rates. In these cases, alternative/rescue therapies should be chosen.
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